Associate Core Faculty

Associate Core Faculty are appointed from among Adjunct Faculty who have taught with high degrees of success online, on campus, or both, and provide important supplemental support to the University's programs and to the Core Faculty. In addition to their teaching duties, Associate Core Faculty serve as content area coordinators, peer reviewers, new faculty mentors, student mentors, doctoral dissertation committee members, academic governance committee members, clinical supervisors of students in practica and internships (for licensure track programs) and are voting members of School Faculty Councils. Associate Core Faculty members, like Core/Ranked Faculty, play significant roles in course, curriculum and program development and governance, supporting the achievement, assessment and improvement of student learning, and advancing the scholarship of the University.

Denise Antoon, JD

Education Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina; Master of Science in Human Services, Capella University; JD, McGeorge School of Law

Justin Carter, PhD

Education Bachelor of Arts, University of Phoenix; Master of Arts in Distance Education Instruction and Design, University of Phoenix; PhD in Leadership in Higher Education, Capella University
Professional Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA), member; Association of Student Conduct Administration, member
Specializations Educational Leadership, Research

Amy Hakim, PhD

Education Bachelor of Arts, Florida International University; Master of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Florida International University; PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Florida International University
Professional Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, member; American Psychological Association, member
Specializations Business Psychology, Organizational Leadership, Organizational Consulting

Debora L. Scheffel, PhD

Professional
Elected Official, Colorado State Board of Education, 6th Congressional District Seat (R); Special Assistant to the Colorado Commissioner of Education; Director, Competitive Grants and Awards/Literacy Grants and Initiatives, Colorado Department of Education; Director of Academic Assessment, University of Northern Colorado; Special Education Due Process Hearing Officer, Kansas; Board, The Book Trust; Invited Reviewer, Journal of Research in Childhood Education; Advisory Board, Global Media Journal; Editorial Board, Colorado Reading Council Journal; Editorial Board, Journal of the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition; Editorial Board, Learning Disabilities Research in Practice; Member, International Dyslexia Society, International Neuropsychological Society, Council for Exceptional Children; post-doctoral fellow, University of California, San Diego, Laboratory for Comparative Human Cognition; visiting scholar, United States Air Force Academy.

Professional Service
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, invited reviewer
Global Media Journal, Advisory Board
Journal of the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, Editorial Board
Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, Editorial Board